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This recipe is a family favorite. We have made it twice since last week when I first came across it. The first time I halved the orzo but kept the rest the same and it had perfect flavor. The second time I made it for dinner and for a heavier meal I made it with bow-ties upping the amount of sun-dried tomatoes. We love this!!! This is a family favorite! Thank you so much!!

Yummy! I ended up using mini shells instead of orzo because my grocery store didn't have any, but this was super tasty! My husband preferred it warm, right after it was made, but I liked it both cold and warm. I was making it for a family get together, so I doubled the amount of pasta but tripled the other ingredients. I made it in a blender because I don't have a food processor and it worked great!

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This is an easy tasty pasta dish.
I honestly had to make more!!! It went fast! It was a little bland to our liking so i threw in more sundried tomato and salt and some red pepper flakes to give it a kick.

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I love this recipe. I've made it a lot, so I do a lot of tinkering with the way I make it, but the main change I recommend is increasing the sun-dried tomatoes. It gives the recipe extra flavor. The other changes I make are mostly for convenience so that I can do most of the work ahead of time. Here's the way I make it: I chop two 1-oz packages of fresh basil and put them in a food processor. I add an 8.5 oz jar of sun-dried tomato halves (marinated in oil with some spices). I chop that in the food processor and put it in a tupperware container. I add 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper and about a tablespoon of olive oil (because of the oil in the jar of tomatoes, this would even be okay without any extra oil). This makes around 2 cups of sauce, which I can then refrigerate for a week or so. When I'm ready for a quick meal, I cook up some orzo and stir in some parmesan cheese and sauce. The sauce is very flavorful, so it goes a long way. 2 cups is more than enough for a family dinner. I've tried this recipe both cold and hot, and I definitely like it better hot.

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Very tasty! Hit at home & office - came home w/ no leftovers. Some liked it hot, others cold but good both ways! Did follow others in not adding extra olive oil, & when I needed a bit, I just used the oil from when I drained the jar of tomatoes.